Careers

Minus is hiring! We are creating new ways to bring people closer together, to subtract the distance. We are seeking curious, inventive, and self-driven individuals in our New York City midtown office. All full-time positions include competitive compensation, stock options, and benefits.

Senior Software Engineer / Architect, Core Systems

As a Senior Software Engineer or Architect working on Core Systems, you have a huge impact on how we on the design and implementation of high performance and scalable internet-scale service. You enjoy working solving problems holistically, from designing the user experience to building the server-side logic in Python to choosing the right server hardware. Our stack is built using Python, MySQL, Redis and Solr, with C++ used when needed for performance critical components. We look for a demonstrated history of intellectual and entrepreneurial exploration, passion in finding simple solutions to complex problems, and willingness to learn.

Product Designer

You define how users interact with Minus. You are passionate about design: both how Minus looks and how people us our service. You communicate effectively and have mastered at least one of the following three ways of show and champion your ideas: photoshop, html, sketch. You have a portfolio of design projects that demonstrate your ability to transform an idea into a product. You have a passion for social web applications and social design.

DevOps

DevOps at Minus design, build, and monitor our applications and systems infrastructure, infrastructure that serves millions of requests and page views every day.

You have a software engineering background, a strong understanding of systems, and love building and running massive-scale web production systems and application environments. You are excited about reacting to a problem and solving it. You thrive on being tactically focused to ensure Minus's site reliability. You have experience with Linux/Unix/BSD and running infrastructure with Amazon Web Services. Automation experience with tools such as Chef or Puppet and strong scripting skills in Bash or Python. Database management in MySQL. Architecting MySQL or NoSQL databases a plus. BA/BS degree in Math or Computer Science a plus. A desire to improve yourself as an engineer. Enthusiasm for working collaboratively with talented people.

iOS Engineer

You bring the Minus experience to the iPhone and iPad. We think of iOS as a core platform at Minus. You enjoy work closely with a team of experienced engineers and product designers to bring your vision for Minus on iOS to reality. This role requires experience with iOS and a strong understanding (and appreciation) of touch and gestural interfaces. Ideal candidates will have applications they have built as personal or professional projects.

Android Engineer

You bring the Minus experience to the Android platform. We think of Android as a core platform at Minus. You enjoy work closely with a team of experienced engineers and product designers to bring your vision for Minus on Android to reality. This role requires experience with Android and a strong understanding (and appreciation) of touch and gestural interfaces. Ideal candidates will have applications they have built as personal or professional projects.